The patch titled Subject: mm: migrate: make buffer_migrate_page_norefs() actually succeed has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-migrate-make-buffer_migrate_page_norefs-actually-succeed.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm: migrate: make buffer_migrate_page_norefs() actually succeed Currently, buffer_migrate_page_norefs() was constantly failing because buffer_migrate_lock_buffers() grabbed reference on each buffer. In fact, there's no reason for buffer_migrate_lock_buffers() to grab any buffer references as the page is locked during all our operation and thus nobody can reclaim buffers from the page. So remove grabbing of buffer references which also makes buffer_migrate_page_norefs() succeed. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190116131217.7226-1-jack@xxxxxxx Fixes: 89cb0888ca14 "mm: migrate: provide buffer_migrate_page_norefs()" Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zi Yan <zi.yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/migrate.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) --- a/mm/migrate.c~mm-migrate-make-buffer_migrate_page_norefs-actually-succeed +++ a/mm/migrate.c @@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ static bool buffer_migrate_lock_buffers( /* Simple case, sync compaction */ if (mode != MIGRATE_ASYNC) { do { - get_bh(bh); lock_buffer(bh); bh = bh->b_this_page; @@ -720,18 +719,15 @@ static bool buffer_migrate_lock_buffers( /* async case, we cannot block on lock_buffer so use trylock_buffer */ do { - get_bh(bh); if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) { /* * We failed to lock the buffer and cannot stall in * async migration. Release the taken locks */ struct buffer_head *failed_bh = bh; - put_bh(failed_bh); bh = head; while (bh != failed_bh) { unlock_buffer(bh); - put_bh(bh); bh = bh->b_this_page; } return false; @@ -818,7 +814,6 @@ unlock_buffers: bh = head; do { unlock_buffer(bh); - put_bh(bh); bh = bh->b_this_page; } while (bh != head); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jack@xxxxxxx are